Gatherer

Gatherer is an addon for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters in World of Warcraft. It's main purpose is to track the closest plants, deposits and treasure locations on your minimap.

The addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it "remembers" where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in its history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.

When you view your World Map, you will also see the item locations marked on the particular map you are viewing there.

INSTALLATION:
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Extract the data to your "World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns" directory so that the "Gatherer" directory is a subdirectory of the "AddOns" directory.

USAGE:
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Just use the game as normal.
When you gather things, they will appear on your minimap and your main map.
If you want to configure the addon, click the Gatherer configuration icon floating around your minimap frame or type /gather options.

4.0.2
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10554
- GATH-17: All user visible Strings should now be available for translation (with the exception of the slash command help)
- GATH-180: support all available Game locales, even if we don't have any translations yet
- GATH-132: Keybinding text is now set correctly (and avaiable for translation)
- GATH-179: node difficulties in tooltip only work in English

4.0.0
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10552
- GATH-167: WoW 5.0 Compatibility
+ GATH-168: MoP Ore/Herbs added. Treasure has not yet been considered, nor have non-English translations been added yet.
- GATH-169: Archaeology support is now completely custom from other Gathererables. Nodes are now only displayed on the Minimap, and only for a brief time after Survey is cast.

3.3.0
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10532
- GATH-160: Archaeology are now fully supported. Display is basic and will be expanded upon.
- GATH-163: Added difficulties for all known nodes.

3.2.4
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10522
- GATH-160 (In Progress): Archaeology nodes will now be recorded. Display is still under development.

3.2.3
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10514
- GATH-154: added remaining missing object name translations (though there are now a bunch of duplicates the need to be cleaned up)

3.2.2
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10513
- GATH-154: added most zhTW translations and cleaned up some in deDE

3.2.1
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10512
- GATH-154: added new nodes and updated translations (still a work in progress)
- GATH-158: fixed a bug where the report could error when trying to calculate the distance to nodes

3.2.0
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10159
- GATH-6: gatherer now records the indoor/outdoor status of nodes (this isn't visible yet)
- GATH-152: gatherer's database now only records a single node per location, even when multiple different types of (for example) minieral deposit spawn in the same place
- GATH-153: gatherer now correctly handles the new post-shattering world
- GATH-155: old world data (pre-shattering) has been wiped due to the massive changes to the world's geography

3.1.16
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10433
- GATH-121: Druid Flight Forms now count as a mount for the purposes of the HUD's "Hide while ..." options
- GATH-150: fixed that nodes were not displaying in the report view when no search string was entered
- GATH-149: HUD was using it's own icon set to display nodes, changed it to use the icons from Gatherer itself
- GATH-143: added a slash command to enable/disable all Gatherer plugins (ie. for the HUD use: /gather plugin hud toggle)

3.1.15
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10432
- GATH-68, GATH-148: support for WoW 4.X..Includes support for multi-profession tracking (ie. tracking Herbs and Ore at the same time).
- GATH-147: World Map note tooltips work once again
- GATH-139: Gatherer will no longer prevent the "World Map Ping" from being displayed

3.1.10
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10292
- GATH-102: Add Northrend areas to the Gatherer Report Search window
- GATH-106: adjust old statistics to bring them close to the "reality" for the WoW 3.0.8 mining changes
- GATH-105: support esMX locale by using esES object names as they are currently the same
- GATH-55: Display notice about gatherables window in confirm popup.
- GATH-100: Gatherer will no longer cause errors if SlideBar is not present
+ GATH-104: update object name translations for the new names of Northrend ores in WoW 3.0.8 (only enUS, zhTW and deDE locales have been updated)

3.1.9
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10272
- GATH-84: added Frost Lotus
- GATH-86: added Everfrost Chip
- GATH-83: added a LOT of new translations for game objects, still missing a few
- GATH-98: most Northrend items should stop showing up as red circles and now have an icon

3.1.8
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10262
- GATH-67: added support for Northrend Herbs and Ores. Still missing some non-English locales.

3.1.7
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10258
- GATH-81: Gatherer will no longer cause an error when SlideBar is not present
- GATH-82: the conversion process will no longer lose entire sections of the database due to a single (or small number) of nodes that couldn't be imported

3.1.3
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10232
= GATH-63: began work to make Gatherer compatible with WoW 3.0
- GATH-35: added new node density report window
- GATH-71: new set of node name translations, including the new ruRU game locale
- GATH-62: fixed a bug where the minimap display would not update when the current tracking spell was changed

3.1.2
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10222
- GATH-60: fixed a looting error that was popping up because of a gobal string change in WoW 2.4.2

3.1.1
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10212
- GATH-52: upgraded to Astrolabe rev 78 which fixes a bug that was causing an infinite loop whenever you changed continents without going through a loading screen

3.1
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Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10158
- GATH-51: updated Astrolabe to a version that handles the new zone added in WoW 2.4
- GATH-31, GHUD-5: implement a plugin system, and split the HUD into a plugin addon
- GATH-36: added an about section to the config window and made the Loaded message optional (off by default)

3.0.4
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Version Issue Lists: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10192
- updated the German localization for Mountain Silversage
- GATH-19: added a check to see if the icon who's texture is being updated has a valid distance (if not, it was improperly removed from Astrolabe)

3.0.3
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Version Issue Lists: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10157
- Gathers can now be announced to the chat frame seperate from being sent out to group/guild members
- Non-Circular Minimaps are now supported (Astrolabe rev 50)
- GHUD-4: The HUD now has a strata control option
- GHUD-2: HUD Node Maximum cooldown is now 4800 seconds, and added a "never cooldown" checkbox
- CNFG-5: Adds option for new profiles to be a copy of current profile

3.0.2
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- fixed the recording of nodes in Asian locales
- added more Spanish collection spell names
- added options for automatically hiding the HUD in specific situations, see HUD config for the full list of options

3.0.1
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- added some missing pre-defined icons
- fixed a bug that was causing some node names to show up incorrectly
- hopefully fixed recording of nodes for all locales now
- added some new node skill level requirements

3.0
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Gatherer has been massively restructured and re-written for version 3.0.
- Almost all icons have been re-done
- There is a completely new Report UI and Setting Dialog
- Gatherer now has the ability to share nodes between Party/Raid and Guild members as you gather
- You can now send sets of saved nodes to other players who are running Gatherer using the Report UI
- Localization is now done using Localizer (http://www.norganna.org/localizer/)
- Node names are now exact and generated from WoW Watcher data (http://www.wowwatcher.com/)
- Added an optional HUD display for nodes that are currently shown in the Minimap

We have a beta of the next Gatherer, which includes the Cataclysm chests and such, so if anyone would like to give it a try, you can obtain it by:
Download the following, uncompress, and replace the Gatherer directory in ..\WorldofWarcraft\Interface\AddOns.

Originally posted by holliss I've googled the crap out of this problem, and this is the only recent link which doesn't lead to a dead end that even acknowledges it. For me, at least, the 9.6% it doesn't load is for cataclysm nodes. I see every other node fine, in every other zone, but cata ones.

It seems like this has been fixed but I don't see anywhere that it has been. People have just stopped mentioning it. And the dozens of reports on this elsewhere I've seen from months ago seem to be ignored or disregarded. It seems like a pretty bad problem that the most recent version does not include cataclysm nodes this far into the expansion.

If anyone has fixed this or there is a missing link out there addressing it that google chooses not to put in the first or second page of "gatherer data base stops at 90.4%", please let me know what the situation is on this now.

I've googled the crap out of this problem, and this is the only recent link which doesn't lead to a dead end that even acknowledges it. For me, at least, the 9.6% it doesn't load is for cataclysm nodes. I see every other node fine, in every other zone, but cata ones.

It seems like this has been fixed but I don't see anywhere that it has been. People have just stopped mentioning it. And the dozens of reports on this elsewhere I've seen from months ago seem to be ignored or disregarded. It seems like a pretty bad problem that the most recent version does not include cataclysm nodes this far into the expansion.

If anyone has fixed this or there is a missing link out there addressing it that google chooses not to put in the first or second page of "gatherer data base stops at 90.4%", please let me know what the situation is on this now.

At the suggestion of a fellow guildie, I switched to Gatherer a few weeks ago from Gathermate, even though it meant recreating my own database or using the wowhead one. After a few days, the data started to fill in nicely, but as of last night, everything is gone on my toons for herbalism, mining, and fishing. Now I'm faced with redoing it all or just switching back. I see other recent threads about this same issue, is this a fairly common thing with this addon? I'm more interested in stability than arguing the features of the two products.

For what it's worth, all of my own gather nodes have also disappeared without any apparent cause. I've poked around my SavedVariables folder and the gatherer.lua file is still there, it's 4,242 KB, but it contains only WowheadDB nodes and the very few I've gathered since they disappeared. I wish there was some solution, but I've been unable to find a .lua file on my computer that has my old data.

hi there,
I tried to download it... followed the instructions correctly, like I have been for all other addons (into interface / addon folder, unzip it to the addon folder) but it's not showing up when I open WoW and go to the char screen to enable the addon? I tried in-game typing "/ gather options" (without first space) and it came back as not recognizing it... so I'm not really sure what's going on that it's not recognizing that I downloaded it. I don't have Cataclysym, but that shouldnt make a difference, should it?

Gatherer is reporting incorrect requirements in the tooltip when mousing over herbs. I've noticed this on Khadgar's Whisker where it is pickable at 160 Herbalism, but Gatherer's tooltip addition shows 185.

Also, Fadeleaf requires 150, Gatherer shows 160.

If Gatherer doesn't have this functionality, I apologize, since the tooltip addition went away after disabling Gatherer.

Most of my gatherer data disappeared. I logged into wow today like I normally do, went to farm Twilight Highlands to farm ore like I have the last week and looked at my map to see none of the gatherer nodes I'd hit in the last week. when I pulled up the nod search it had about 1% of the nodes I had on the list before. Where'd it all go?

Edit : Anyone? This isn't the first time this has happened. any info on why most of my node data disappeared.

Not sure if this has been covered recently but I could not find anything.

My minimap icon is missing.... I have tried disabling it in the options then re-enabling it and it still is not showing up...... no errors or taints that i can see...... help please as its annoying having to use macro's and / commands

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That is covered pretty extensively in the GathererDB comments; look for an update in the next few days to week and then try it.

Gatherer, itself, should function just fine without it, though.

Happy Gatherering,

Nikk

Originally posted by Dayon I've gone and downloaded the most current mod and the most current database. I am running only Gatherer and the Database enabled on my toon and no matter what, it will not load beyond 90.4%. It's very frustrating. I hope this gets fixed. I don't know what could possibly be wrong.

I've gone and downloaded the most current mod and the most current database. I am running only Gatherer and the Database enabled on my toon and no matter what, it will not load beyond 90.4%. It's very frustrating. I hope this gets fixed. I don't know what could possibly be wrong.

Gatherer does nothing with Fishing or Fish, nor with potions or, especially, shooting. Will ask Esamynn to have a look, once he has some time after the holidays, but no idea what could be up, off hand.

Happy Gatherering,

Nikk

Originally posted by Lunyra I had gatherer enabled yesterday on an alt but disabled the Synchronization option in the Sharing Tab.

During playing i did not discover any strange issues anymore, so maybe that could be it.

Btw, it didn't only happen with looting fish, but also looting mobs in dungeon/general. Aswell as firing Multi-shot into a large pack of mobs caused really bad frame rates.

Will try my main today aswell with Synchronization disabled.

EDIT 1: So far no issues with synchronization disabled.

EDIT 2: It happend again with Synchronization disabled while creating Potions. With gatherer disabled it was gone.

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